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Dutch Juniors in Championship Pool European Championship
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GIJÓN / LUGO DE LLANERA (Spain) - On Thursday-afternoon (July 14), the Netherlands Juniors Team (AAA) has reached the Championship Pool of the European Junior Championship, which opened last Monday in Spain.

The Orange squad, led by Manager Eric de Bruin, has played three games in Pool B in the preliminary round and has won all three. The team opened on Monday with a 10-5 win against host Spain, then had the day off on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Dutch Team won 9-2 vs. the Czech Republic and on Thursday, a big 16-2 victory was added against Russia. The Dutch Team closes the preliminary round on Friday against Lithuania.

In the game against Spain, the Dutch Team struck early, taking a 3-0 lead. However, Spain came alongside and halfway the seventh inning, the Orange squad even faced a 5-4 deficit. The Dutch Team then rallied for five runs in its seventh at bat to decide the game. Menno Lenting led of the inning with a single, advanced on a single by Koen Halderman, then scored the tying run on a balk! An error gave the Dutch Team the lead, then two runs were added on a double by Tijmen Takke and another one on a single by Tommy van de Sanden to take more distance.

Against the Czech Republic, the Dutch Team led 2-1 after four innings, then scored three runs in the fifth to take more distance. In the fifth, Oliver van de Wijst Severino contributed with a runscoring double.

On Thursday, the Dutch Team scored at least two runs in six of the seven innings that were played in the game against Russia. The Orange squad produced only eight basehits, but the Russians contributed with four errors. Besides that, three pitchers walked eleven batters. (July 14)




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